Bone Markings

Question 1

Supraorbital foramen (notch)

Answer 1

Opening above orbit allowing blood vessels and nerves to pass

Question 2

Glabella

Answer 2

Smooth area between eyes

Question 3

Supraorbital margin

Answer 3

This margin of eye socket that lies beneath eyebrows

Question 4

Squamous part

Answer 4

Located inferior to the squamous suture.

Question 5

Zygomatic process

Answer 5

Bridge like projection that articulated with the zygomatic bone to form ztgomatic arch

Question 6

Mandibular fossa

Answer 6

Located on inferior surface of zygomatic process

Question 7

Tympanic part

Answer 7

Surround external ear opening

Question 8

External acoustic meatus

Answer 8

Canal leading to middle ear and ear drum

Question 9

Styloid process

Answer 9

Needle like projection that serves as an attachment point for ligaments and muscles of neck

Question 10

Petrous part

Answer 10

Forms body wedge bw the sphenoid and occipital bones and contributes to cranial base

Question 11

Jugular foramen

Answer 11

Located where the petrous bone part of the temporal bone joins the occipital bone

Question 12

Carotid canal

Answer 12

Opening through which the internal carotid artery passed into cranial activity

Question 13

Foramen lacerum

Answer 13

Almost completely closed by Cartilage in the living person but forms jagged openings in dried skull

Question 14

Stylomastoid foramen

Answer 14

Tiny openings between the mastoid and styloid process through which cranial VII leaves cranium

Question 15

Mastoid process

Answer 15

Located posterior to external acoustic meatus served as an attachment point for neck muscles